. >> one thing, too, steve, about yesterday, there was a lot of birther talk but nobody put the kibosh on that one. >> i think that's right. we talked about this last week. racist rhetoric coming from the republican party in recent weeks and months. reince priebus and the rnc silent on this and not cracking down and not criticizing and, at the same time, we also see reince priebus looking the other way as republican policymakers statewide implement the voter suppression laws like in north carolina and texas. come vote for us we want your support. but, on the other hand, they are making it impossible for min minorities and others to reach the polls. >> along the lines of race, kelly, we have now new information, the story about that rodeo clown who wore president barack obama mask earlier this month saying this wasn't racially motivated and said he would be honored to shake the president's hand if he were to show up down there. also saying this was something that has done in the past with bush, reagan and clinton to wear these clown masks as part of their show. but are things like this